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arthropod

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɑːθɹəpɒd/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

An invertebrate animal of the phylum Arthropoda, characterized by a chitinous exoskeleton and multiple jointed appendages.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bug, invertebrate, animal, creature, critter

2

noun

Meaning 2

invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: invertebrate

Narrower terms: trilobite, arachnid, arachnoid, myriapod, garden centipede, garden symphilid, symphilid, Scutigerella immaculata, tardigrade, centipede, millipede, millepede, milliped, sea spider, pycnogonid, Merostomata, class Merostomata, horseshoe crab, king crab, Limulus polyphemus, Xiphosurus polyphemus, Asian horseshoe crab, eurypterid, tongue worm, pentastomid, crustacean, onychophoran, velvet worm, peripatus, insect, instar

History

Etymology

From New Latin Arthropoda, from Ancient Greek ἄρθρον (árthron, “joint”) + πούς (poús, “foot”), equivalent to arthro- + -pod.

Across languages

Translations

88 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: geleedpotiges — animal of Arthropoda
  • Albanian: këmbënyjorët — animal of Arthropoda
  • Armenian: հոդվածոտանի (hodvacotani) — animal of Arthropoda
  • Asturian: artrópodu — animal of Arthropoda
  • Azerbaijani: buğumayaqlılar — animal of Arthropoda
  • Banyumasan: kéwan mawa ros-ros — animal of Arthropoda
  • Belarusian: членістано́гае (čljenistanóhaje) — animal of Arthropoda
  • Bulgarian: членестоно̀го (členestonògo) — animal of Arthropoda
  • Buryat: үетэ хүлтэн (üjete xülten) — animal of Arthropoda
  • Carpathian Rusyn: членистоногы (členystonohŷ) — animal of Arthropoda
  • Catalan: artròpode — animal of Arthropoda
  • Chinese: 節足動物 /节足动物 (chat-kha tōng-bu̍t) — animal of Arthropoda
  • Chinese Mandarin: 節肢動物 /节肢动物 (jiézhī dòngwù) — animal of Arthropoda
  • Cornish: melldrosek — animal of Arthropoda
  • Corsican: artropodu — animal of Arthropoda
  • Czech: členovec — animal of Arthropoda
  • Danish: leddyr — animal of Arthropoda
  • Dutch: geleedpotige — animal of Arthropoda
  • Faroese: liðadýr — animal of Arthropoda
  • Finnish: niveljalkainen — animal of Arthropoda
  • French: arthropode — animal of Arthropoda
  • North Frisian: laspuateten — animal of Arthropoda
  • Saterland Frisian: lidefäite — animal of Arthropoda
  • West-Frisian: lidpoatigen — animal of Arthropoda
  • Galician: artrópodo — animal of Arthropoda
  • Georgian: ფეხსახსრიანები (pexsaxsrianebi) — animal of Arthropoda
  • German: Gliederfüßer — animal of Arthropoda
  • German: Gliederfüßler — animal of Arthropoda
  • German: Arthropode — animal of Arthropoda
  • German: Gliiderfüesser — animal of Arthropoda
  • German: Gliederfüßer — animal of Arthropoda
  • Greek: αρθρόποδο (arthrópodo) — animal of Arthropoda
  • Gujarati: સંધિપાદ (sandhipād) — animal of Arthropoda
  • Hawaiian: wāwaeʻami — animal of Arthropoda
  • Hindi: संधिपाद (sandhipād) — animal of Arthropoda
  • Hungarian: ízeltlábú — animal of Arthropoda
  • Icelandic: liðdýr — animal of Arthropoda
  • Ido: artropodo — animal of Arthropoda
  • Indonesian: hewan berbuku-buku — animal of Arthropoda
  • Indonesian: artropoda — animal of Arthropoda
  • Italian: artropode — animal of Arthropoda
  • Japanese: 節足動物 (sessoku dōbutsu) — animal of Arthropoda
  • Javanese: kéwan mawa ros-rosan — animal of Arthropoda
  • Kannada: ಸಂಧಿಪದಿ (sandhipadi) — animal of Arthropoda
  • Kazakh: буынаяқтылар (buynaäqtylar) — animal of Arthropoda
  • Korean: 절지동물 (jeoljidongmul) — animal of Arthropoda
  • Northern Kurdish: girêçikpê — animal of Arthropoda
  • Latin: arthropūs — animal of Arthropoda
  • Latvian: posmkāji — animal of Arthropoda
  • Limburgish: gelidpoetege — animal of Arthropoda
  • Lithuanian: nariuotakojai — animal of Arthropoda
  • Low German: Liddfööt — animal of Arthropoda
  • Low German: Liddpoten — animal of Arthropoda
  • Luxembourgish: glidderféisser — animal of Arthropoda
  • Macedonian: членконоги (členkonogi) — animal of Arthropoda
  • Malay: artropod — animal of Arthropoda
  • Manx: arthropod — animal of Arthropoda
  • Māori: kīrehe angawaho — animal of Arthropoda
  • Western Mari: шукы яланвлӓн (šuky jalanvlän) — animal of Arthropoda
  • Mongolian: үет хөлтөн (üjet xöltön) — animal of Arthropoda
  • Navajo: chʼosh bijáád dahólónígíí — animal of Arthropoda
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ledd-dyr — animal of Arthropoda
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: leddyr — animal of Arthropoda
  • Persian: بندپایان (bandpâyân) — animal of Arthropoda
  • Polish: stawonóg — animal of Arthropoda
  • Portuguese: artrópode — animal of Arthropoda
  • Punjabi: ਸੰਧਿਪਾਦ (sandhipād) — animal of Arthropoda
  • Quechua: sillwichaki — animal of Arthropoda
  • Romanian: artropod — animal of Arthropoda
  • Russian: членистоно́гое (členistonógoje) — animal of Arthropoda
  • Samogitian: narioutakuojē — animal of Arthropoda
  • Serbo-Croatian: чланконо́шци — animal of Arthropoda
  • Serbo-Croatian: згла̏вка̄ри — animal of Arthropoda
  • Serbo-Croatian: člankonóšci — animal of Arthropoda
  • Serbo-Croatian: zglȁvkāri — animal of Arthropoda
  • Slovak: článkonožce — animal of Arthropoda
  • Slovene: členonožec — animal of Arthropoda
  • Spanish: artrópodo — animal of Arthropoda
  • Swedish: leddjur — animal of Arthropoda
  • Tagalog: ugnaypaa — animal of Arthropoda
  • Tajik: бандпоён (bandpoyon) — animal of Arthropoda
  • Tamil: கணுக்காலி (kaṇukkāli) — animal of Arthropoda
  • Tatar: буынтыкаяклылар (buwıntıqayaqlılar) — animal of Arthropoda
  • Tongan: veʻehokohoko — animal of Arthropoda
  • Ukrainian: членистоно́ге (členystonóhe) — animal of Arthropoda
  • Uzbek: boʻgʻimoyoqlilar — animal of Arthropoda
  • West Flemish: geleedpôtign — animal of Arthropoda
  • Zealandic: heleedpoôtihen — animal of Arthropoda